"Ah, of course. Well, be careful, with using them as threats."

"Naturally. But they are probably one of the better enforcement options if something needs, you know, enforcing."

"Yeah. I would suggest reinforcing them with magic, if mine weren't at such a high demand lately."

"Yeah, considering how easy Cam makes it to replace their chassis and considering that they don't have individual continuities worth fretting about I wouldn't spend any mana on it."

"I think she said she could apply her skills to it, which isn't exactly like being an architect?"

"True. Hm. Still - might be useful for building it."

"Maybe. She can stop hiding out in a national park, anyway."

"Yes, she can stop doing that. She might find that exciting."

"Do you want to tell her or shall I?"

"No preference. We can tell her together if you like, it can be a couple bonding exercise."

"Sure. Next time we're on Earth we make a press release and then quickly fly away and go let her know."

"Probably let her know first, I think."

"Sure."

"The - other mage, too, the quiet apologetic one."

"She's still got her job at the portal hub and she can pass for a witch, which makes her citizenship issue less complicated if she opts to continue to do that, and means no need to make a separate trip to tell her. Although I guess her husband can't pass for a witch, so maybe they want to move to the colony too."

"Yeah. I suppose we'll find out. If she's finally figured out how to watch the news by now."

"I mostly wish that she had figured out how to watch the news earlier for purely selfish reasons. Could have figured out the glitch in resurrecting mages with her husband, safe at home with all my tools, instead of stranded on another plane and you as the guinea pig."

"Yeah," sighs Adarin. "But, her husband was spared from - icky lack of magic?"

"At your expense. Once I'd found out about the glitch there would be no way we'd have traveled anywhere until I fixed it."

He sighs. "Yeah. Well. There's - not much we can do about it now. Unless Rain and Katydid manage the time machine."

"I think they have first dibs on it if they do."

"They do. But why would they be the only ones to have it, they're us, they'd distribute that."

"Maybe if it's used more than once the damage to the timestream increases exponentially and it's a total disaster."

"Mm. In that case - we should probably only use it once, and use it to save as many lives as possible. So Rain and Katydid probably wouldn't get the time machine."